The Swinford Chats Podcast

Author: Tommy Stenson and Cathal Kelly

Swinford Chats hosted by Cathal Kelly and Tommy Stenson, will bring you a mix of local news, interviews, and special performances from those in Swinford and its surrounding areas.
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The Swinford Chats Podcast | MacFest in the West
Episode 3
Sunday, 14 September, 2025

Tommy & Cathal recorded a LIVE podcast from Padraic Horkan's Bar for MacFest in the West. MacFest in the West is a gathering of the descendants of the McNicholas and MacDonagh families of Barnacogue and Curryaune, Swinford.The McNicholas/McDonagh Swinford story began when Owen McDonagh and Nora Morris of Tyrone migrated to Barnacogue at the turn of the 19th Century where Owen opened a Blacksmith forge.They had nine children, Kitty, Maria, Nancy, Patrick, Tom, John, Bryan, Judith and Margaret. Their daughter Judith McDonagh married Thomas McNicholas of Curryane and settled in Barnacogue.by Julie Doyle, Jackie O’Rourke and Joanne Kilroy of Swinford, who are descendants of Thomas and Judith McNicholas, in conjunction with www.mayo.ie.